The Lambertville record., 1887-07-20
NO. I'll
4 REMARKABLE TRIP.

sno laps liho iVF INC iasG qu0babiOu Tor
July wheat. The set of Mr.. Rahili's claw
hammer coat was faultless; his shirt
bosom, from the centre of which lus-
trous opal shot forth moonlight rays, was
immaculate and unrumpled; while his
trousers, marked by that latest freak Of
gentlemanly folly, the Prince of Wales
crease, fitted him in way that once filed
with envy all the heavy swells Of Gotham
who were buzzing about the wide cor
ridors.
s'It beats the world, Me- Rahill re-
marked, looking up from the paper rib
bon that he held between his thumb and
fore-finger, sit is the greatest accomplish
ment of the century"
"The Chicago wheat deal? querled
his listener, in vain effort to catch his
drift.
Nonsense y he returned, dropping
the line, and thrusting both hands into his
trousers pockets s.'rhe Chicago wheat
deal is an old story. The same thing has
been done over aud over again. No, sir;
| was speaking Of the train on which 1
left Chicago last evening, and on which
came into Jersey City to-night-one of
the new Vestibuled Trains that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has Just put
on between the two cities It's the novel
~ of the age, it's the-but stop, let me
tell you about it and you yourself will
have to hunt for terms sufficiently glow
ing to describe it. L came back to Chica-
| go yesterday afternoon after a business
| trip west as far as Omaha. | was dusty,
dirty, and weary, and longed for moth
ing so much as bath and good sound
sleep. | was tired OF the rumble and rat.
tie Of the cars, the flying cinders, the
cramped sitting posture, the dust over
everything, the railroad lunch-rooms, and
the railroad sandwiches. made up my
mind that would settle down in Chicago
and never stir out Of it again until | had
| 70. VOL, what do you suppose happened?
When at four o clock | rushed into my
office in State street and dropped iuto my
chair, there among the letters on my desk
before me | found an Invitation to n
friends wedding in New York. Time:
! tonight; 7:30. / rallied at my unlucky
stars. Much as despised railroad trav-
cling would have gone double the dis
tance to have seen that man married. In
| days gone by We were as were Damon and
| Pythias. | stated the case to- my partner
and growled like seven bears because |
had not come home day oarlier.
WELL said my partner, after mo-
ments hesitation, IL you'd stop growing
and hustle about little you might got
there yet. ~
a'Nlan alive / exclaimed, you're
crazy. The Pennsylvania Railroad New
York and Chicago Limited, which makes
the fastest time Of any train east, leaves
in less than hour, and does not arrive ia
/ New York until seven o'clock tomorrow
night. The wedding takes place in
church somewhere up Madison avenue.
Now, how in the name of Heaven could
get shaved, put on dress suit and ride
to the church In half an hour?'
| "'You'ro behind the century, said
Tom Toms my partner, you know
! Trust this matter to me, and I'll have
| yon there before tho organist strikes up
the wedding march, or you can call on me
| Cor Ten thousand bushels of July wheat
at 20.
ssWell, just put myself trustingly into
his hands. The first thing he did was TO
start messenger off to my house with NV
satchel, and instructions to put ia nv
dress clothes and two changes of under
wear, and to be at the Union Station by
five o'clock sharp. The next thing he did
was to secure section for me on the
Pennsylvania Vestibuled Train for that
afternoon; and ii was only by luck that
he got it. Everything, I believe, had
been engaged for days ahead, but some.
body, who couldn't go, brought back his
ticket, and SO / was saved. At 5 O'Clock.
still dusty, dirty and weary, / climbed in
to the most luxurious car it has ever been
my good fortune to ride Id. found that
the section of which was the lucky pos
SCISSOR for the trip, was little deliciously
upholstered drawing with cushions
and hangings Of a tint that think have
seen described somewhere as crushed
strawberry. Tho fittings were or satin
wood and tho ceiling was decorated in
silver. There were silvered lighting ar-
raugements too. Not gas brackets NV
| friend, for that whole train is Illuminated
by electricity. Well, found that there
was a toilet-room connected with that sec.
| tion Of mine, which. together with the
section, could be cut off from the rest Of
the train, and 80 If | wanted privacy
could have all wanted. / did want Il.
because / bad number Of letters with
mo that had fo,nd al tha offioa apd t1,ot S